Excluding long snappers , 10 of 12 OLinemen are Canadian . Gibbon, Okafor, and Golding have been depth guys ready to step in . Girard missed all of last year . Van Pelt and Lawley were practice roster guys showing promise .
Filer , Ciraco, Revenberg, and Van Zeyl are Cdn starters . Tate and Powers are American tackles .
I’m wondering “again” if this is the year we have an all Canadian OLine . There may be a hidden gem in the draft to add to our depth . Add our Cdn RBs and Tight end and you have the ratio covered on the Offence alone .
Just imagine the possibilities .
Pat Lynch (looking forward to the combine and the draft)
Yes Mike, Gibbon or Okafor could be the left tackle. Good point. If Girard is healthy he could also be in the mix .
I love the possibilities of 7 Canadians on the offence, alone . Kalinic and Thomas Erlington/ Irons starting is not a stretch ,
A friend of mine is a lineman coach with the Waterloo Warriors. He says that Gibbon has been working out in the off season at the Waterloo facilities. He said that after a year in the pros his skill, athleticism and size is exponentially greater then less then a year ago, and the Ticats “really like him”. He might be the answer.
I like what all you guys are saying. A couple years ago when Okafor had to go in, it wasn’t a good thing at all. But more recently, he has held his own (bad wording when talking about an o-lineman). All the better if Gibbon is ready to go this year. Some good training camp competition and a decent 2nd stringer at left tackle.
He was due a $40K report & pass the physical bonus, at the start of the Argos’ training camp and his contract was reported to pay him about $230K that ('19) season. I thought they let him go, to avoid paying the bonus, but it’s also possible they asked him to take a pay cut.
I remember the $40K bonus now. Thanks ottawacat and ivan_diablo. Again the SMS system sucks for teams when it comes to personnel decisions. I can only assume they released him to get under the maximum team salary limit for 2019. He was and is an all star OL.
Last year was the best O-Line in recent memory. I still have a soft-spot for Bomben. Maybe only in a back-up roll, given his age, but he was the best down-field O-Lineman we had.
Oh, I thought you were considering Gibbon and Okafor as rookies. I have had to correct people, that a player’s first year starting doesn’t make them a rookie.
